Lady&#39;s slip



June 14, 1949. SCHWALBE I 2,473,393

LADY S SLIP Filed March 12, 1947 IN VEN TOR. E A H, SCHWALBE PatentedJune 14, 1949 UNITED I STATES PATENT OFFICE LADYS SLIP Emma H. Schwalbe,New York, N. Y.

Application March 12, 1947, Serial No. 734,029 1 Claim. 01. 2-73) Thisinvention relates to ladies slips and to the method of making the same.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a ladys slip whichhas only one skirt seam which is located at the rear of the skirtportion, instead of two or more seams which are usually located atopposite sides of the slip.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a slip whichrequires less sewing to assemble the same, less effort to cut out thepieces, a lesser number of pieces to cut, and thus is less expensive tomake.

According to the present invention, the bottom or skirt portion of theslip is cut in one piece and sewed together at the center back, and thefront and sides of the skirt portion of the slip are plain and Withoutany seams whatsoever. The upper portion of the slip will have the usuallace, bust enveloping panel or encompasser, back panel and a bustsupporting panel. These parts are cut out and then assembled in theusual manner by stitching; but the skirt portion is stitched only at thecenter back.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects andadvantages thereof, reference will be had to the following descriptionand accompanying drawing, and to the appended claim in which the variousnovel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawing forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. 1 is a front elevational View of the slip according to the presentinvention.

Fig. 2 is a rear elevational view.

Fig. 3 is a side elevational view of the slip.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the front skirt portion with the rear skirtedges and seam shown in dot and dash lines.

Fig. 5 is a lay-out view of the bust enveloping panel.

Fig. 6 is a similar view of the back panel.

Fig. '7 is a similar view of the bust supporting panel.

Referring now to the figures, It represents a ladys slip formed,accordingto the present invention, from a skirt portion ll, bustencompassing panel 12, a back panel l3 and a bust supporting panel M.The skirt portion is made from one piece so that when it is sewedtogether, there will appear only one seam I5 which will lie in thecenter back or rear. The upper front edge of the skirt portion is shapedlike an inverted V, an edge of which is indicated at l6; while the upperrear edge of the same is V-shaped with the arms of the rear V commencingat the same point as the arms of the front inverted V thus producing ashape like a diamond which has been pulled sidewise and so forming adiamond with two acute side angles and two obtuse. top and bottomangles. After the skirt piece is sewed together, the back panel l3 willbe sewed onto the top of the back skirt portion. The bottom of this backpanel i3 is provided with depending V- shaped bottom edges I! foraccommodating the shorter length of the skirt portion in the rear.

To the vertically extending side ends of the back panel, there is sewedthe bust encompassing piece or panel [2 along with the bust supportingpiece M under it. This stitching is the only stitching which will appearon the sides of the slip and is as indicated at IS. The bust supportingpanel is sewed as indicated at l9 to the bottom edge of the bustenveloping panel, and the bust supporting panel is sewed to the topfront edge N5 of the skirt portion II. The usual shoulder straps 2! andupper and lower lace pieces 22 and 23 can thereafter be attached to thegarment. The upper lace piece 22 has two side seams in the customarymanner but the lower lace piece 23 has only one seam, which is locateddirectly under the skirt seam l5. It will thus be seen that there hasbeen provided a garment without a plurality of seams in the skirtportion or along the sides of the skirt.

It is to be understood that the skirt part of the garment may be outeither on the straight or on the bias of the material, however, a biascut is preferable so as to provide a better fit by conforming to thefigure of the wearer. This invention may also be applied to nightgownsor other similar garments.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiments of myinvention, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to theprecise constructions herein disclosed and the right is reserved to allchanges and modifications coming within the scope of the invention asdefined in the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by United States Letters Patent is:

A form fitting slip comprising a skirt, a bust supporting panel, a bustencompassing panel and a back panel, said skirt being formed of a singlepiece of material and having a single vertically extending seam securingthe side edges of said material together at the back of said skirt, saidseam extending from the lower edge of said skirt to the upper edgethereof, said upper edge on each side of said vertical seam beingcurved,

edge of said skirt, said bust encompassing panelextending across thefront of said slip from each side thereof, said bust encompassingpaneli-having a curved lower edge of an inverted V-shaPQ- with the apexthereof disposed substantiallyon" the vertical center line ofsaidbustencompassin panel, said bust encompassing panel having apair:

of oppositely disposed, side edges diverging upwardly from said bottomedge and an upper edge ceonverging v upwardly and inward-1y from 1ea'chof =z-seid side-edges andr then' downwardly, :j un'ctioning :on saidverticalscenter linepsaidlowenwedge of said bust encompassing panelcomplementing and being secured to the upper edge of said bustsupporting panel, said back panel extending from side to side across theback of said slip and havingits side edges secured to the side edges ofsaid bust supporting and bust encompassing panels, said back panelhaving a substantially straight line upper edge, the lower edge thereofbeing c-substanti llyp dacompl m n in th pp r 10 edge of ,asaidzskirt atith'eiback thereof and being secured thereto.

EMMA H. SCHWALBE.

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